Marcel Okeke
Marcel-Okeke
Marcel Okeke, a practising economist and consultant in Business Strategy & Sustainability based in Lagos, is a former Chief Economist at Zenith Bank Plc. He can be reached at: obioraokeke2000@yahoo.com; +2348033075697 (text only)
The World Ahead 2023: A ‘permacrisis’ for Nigeria?
Marcel OkekeDecember 26, 2022
“The World Ahead 2023” is the 2022 end-of-year special publication of ‘The Economist’ (of London) in which the journal reviewed the
CBN’s Cash Policy: The road to a cashless economy?
Marcel OkekeDecember 12, 2022
Like a thunderbolt, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has hit the banks and the Nigerian polity with an ‘extension’ of the Naira
Of ‘gorilla bankers’ and ethics in Nigeria banking
Marcel OkekeDecember 5, 2022
A recent letter from the director of banking supervision (BDS), Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to banks and other financial
June 2023: Ahmed’s ‘smart by half’ fuel subsidy end date
Marcel OkekeNovember 21, 2022
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, reportedly announced during the briefing marking the end of the
Of saboteurs and the naira redesigning project
Marcel OkekeNovember 14, 2022
It is no longer news that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has embarked on the redesigning and re-issuance of the 200, 500, and 1000
Nigeria: When fiscal and monetary authorities clash
Marcel OkekeNovember 7, 2022
The outright disowning and public deprecation by Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, budget and national planning, of the recent
NIGERIA 2023: Random thoughts on economic manifesto
Marcel OkekeOctober 31, 2022
The opening paragraph of the section on the ‘Economy’ of the manifesto of one of the presidential candidates (for Nigeria’s general
Emefiele’s latest invitation to foreign investors
Marcel OkekeOctober 24, 2022
MARCEL OKEKE Marcel Okeke, a practising economist and consultant in Business Strategy & Sustainability based in Lagos, is a
Fantasy and reality of Nigeria’s $100bn SDG financing deal
Marcel OkekeOctober 17, 2022
The Federal Government of Nigeria recently launched the Integrated National Financing Framework (INFF) for Sustainable Development,
World Bank and Nigeria’s push for enabling business environment
Marcel OkekeOctober 10, 2022
In its continued efforts at supporting the improvement of the business environment in Nigeria, the World Bank recently approved a $750